High expectations lead to costly errors for Lindemans Aalst in match against Knack Roeselare: Is it a case of overconfidence?

The Onions played with a lot of grinta this time.

VOLLEYBALL lotto volley league champion PLAY-OFFS Knack Roeselare – Lindemans Aalst 3-0

The sixth game this season between Roeselare and Aalst also turned out in favor of the West Flemish. Roeselare won 3-0, but the Onions deserved more. “We could have won two sets here,” coach Christophe Achten sighs afterwards. “We were very close in the second and third sets. At the end of the third inning, the referee whistled a ball against us and that made us sad. But hey, something like that can happen.”

Aalst started the game with a lot of serving pressure, but that also resulted in many misses. “I can live with that, because taking risks with the serve is the only way to put pressure on playmaker Stijn D'Hulst. We lost that set 25-21, but in the second we were the equal of the home team. Only a few mistakes cost us: 27-25. We were also very close in the third inning, but we could not finish it again: 26-24.''

The Onions played with a lot of grinta this time. — © Isosport

But unlike the match on Wednesday in Maaseik, this time the Onions played with a lot of grinta. “The team has thrown itself,” Achten nods affirmatively. “A big compliment also to our supporters who came to Roeselare with a full bus and once again supported us loudly. Unfortunately I had to miss three players and the substitution options were limited. Muukkonen injured his knee in Maaseik. Crins was struggling with a foot injury and last night our captain Robin Overbeeke became ill. We especially missed him because Gimeno was not in the match well, but I had no replacement on the bench.”

Zero out of nine

With nine points less than number two Maaseik, the title final is completely gone for Lindemans Aalst. “We knew in advance that this would be the week of truth. I expected four or five points from the three matches against Leuven, Maaseik and Roeselare. It became zero. That's a downer of course. We are now completely focusing on third place. With four points behind Leuven in good shape, it will not be easy. Due to our good performance in the regular competition, expectations for the play-offs were of course high. Maybe too high… On the last match day we host Leuven at home. Hopefully that match will decide who finishes third. Then we as a team have to go one last time.”

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